We have had 39 days of school!
A Peek at our Week:
Composing & Decomposing Shapes. This week we talked about quilts and we cut out butterflies. It took a minute to convince the class that this was all a part of Math class! As everyone completed their quilt ‘blocks’ it all made more sense. Everyone helped to assemble the quilt by laying their blocks in an ABAB pattern. At the end of the week, we introduced a new Work Place “Pattern Block Puzzles”. For this one, each student must use pattern blocks (hexagon, rhombus, triangle, and trapezoid) to recreate a puzzle three different ways.
Show and Tell: Always a big event in the class, this week Nicholas showed the class his fishing rod. The class was impressed by its size and even more by his ability to cast the line (outside). He told them about different parts of the rod and what each is used for. Nicholas also shared that he has caught Tuna before! Afterward, Olivia was up with a beautiful collection of Sea glass. Olivia was wearing a very striking necklace, which she said she learned how to make at a jewelry making class. Olivia also told the class where she looks for sea glass and let the class inspect various pieces that she bought along. To showcase her creativity with sea glass, Olivia showed a picture she made of herself as a Moko jumbie. Awesome!
Family Tree Presentations: Frankie and her mom got us started with a wonderful presentations. Since mom is from Canada, they made their tree to look a bit like a Maple tree! Both mom and Frankie also wore Canada t-shirt and sweatshirt. Frankie told the class about her family and very 'teacher like' told her classmates to 'raise their hands' to ask questions. It was wonderful to see how excited she was about making this presentation. Looking forward to seeing more next week. Who are our friends?: As we are reaching the end of our family and friends unit in Global Perspectives, we talked this week about what a good friend is. The class gave many examples of friends being someone who helps, listens, shares, and has fun with us.
This week we talked about quilts and we cut out butterflies. It took a minute to convince the class that this was all a part of Math class! As everyone completed their quilt ‘blocks’ it all made more sense. Everyone helped to assemble the quilt by laying their blocks in an ABAB pattern. At the end of the week, we introduced a new Work Place “Pattern Block Puzzles”. For this one, each student must use pattern blocks (hexagon, rhombus, triangle, and trapezoid) to recreate a puzzle three different ways.
Show and Tell: Always a big event in the class, this week Nicholas showed the 
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